Midtown Manhattan is the most dangerous and likely place in the entire city for pedestrians to be hit by cars according to Transportation Alternatives’s newly overhauled Crashstat website. Between 1995 and 2009, there was 8,604 vehicular crashes with walkers. That’s almost twice as much as second place finisher, Jamaica, Queens, which totalled 4,741. See where else to avoid while strolling around NYC over here.
Yesterday would have been day three of our vending machine watch at the Bryant Park subway station, but to tell you the truth, I forgot. However, I remembered today, and you’re not gonna believe what I saw. Yup. Back to normal: both machines weren’t working. (Photo: ANIMALNewYork)
For six whole weeks, pedestrians and cyclists are gonna have to share the Williamsburg Bridge’s north pathway while improvements are done to the south pathway and its temporarily closed.
Since the MTA upped the price of its monthly pass, you might be thinking about flying around by private jet or helicopter. Before you go this route, you must consider whether you can afford it. Read more »
People are mad about parking today, because the rates in Manhattan south of 86th St. just went up 50 cents to $3 an hour. Elsewhere in the city, it jumped from 75 cents to a $1. Meanwhile, the cost to park one’s bike remained the same: zero cents an hour. Zero cents = common sense! Read more »
Like the diabolical new bike lanes in Park Slope and Midtown, the new protected lane on Columbus Avenue in the UWS has also attracted opponents, for whatever rich-people reasons—and they plan on complaining about their new neighborhood scourge at a public meeting tonight. You can all go and outnumber them, though! Read more »
The Taxi and Limousine Commission is considering a proposal that would reportedly increase cab ride costs by 19%, says Rupert Murdoch’s paper of record. Fleet owners support the rate hikes, which would coincide with MTA’s fare spikes. Will public transportation soon become accessible only to those who can afford personal shoppers and tanning butlers? At least biking and walking are still free. Read more »
Do you enjoy watching repetitive videos of buses? If so, then you might want to check out this YouTube channel featuring video “tributes” of MTA buses stopping, going, pulling up to curbs, pulling away from curbs—you know, just buses, doing bus things. Read more »
Everyone knows that bicycles are more dangerous than cars. Nevertheless, the city created a bike lane along Prospect Park West, ostensibly to put stroller moms and old people in harm’s way. Now empowered Park Slope residents are protesting. Reclaim the streets!
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After the transportation committee gave it a thumbs-up today, the City Council is expected to pass the Bicycle Access Bill tomorrow. The bill will require commercial buildings to grant bicycle entry to their tenants’ employees, who will no longer have to fear their two-wheelers theft when it’s safely indoors. |Streetsblog|
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